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Senator Kim Pate reminded the Federal government that the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Report calls for a basic income. “The presence of guaranteed livable income in the National Action Plan emphasizes the connection between economic marginalization, violence, and the ongoing legacy of colonialism in Canada,” said Senator Pate. Recommendation 4.5: “We call upon …
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Please join us live, online, for this table-discussion with David Milgaard, Nicole Porter and Odelia Quewezance. It will be streaming live on Facebook, Aug 6th at 7:00PM (EST). Free for all. Join us as we advocate for Odelia and her sister. Odelia, who will be present for the event, has spent almost her entire life …
The overrepresentation of Indigenous individuals in the Canadian criminal justice system remains at a critical high. In fact, as the below study will tell you, this overrepresentation is still at a comparable level today as it was three decades ago. Despite the stated efforts of the federal government to address this crisis for close to …
Press Statement May 27, 2021 (source: Ontario.ca) “The Ontario government is taking further action to address the disproportionate rate of violence against Indigenous women and girls. The province has released a strategy developed in collaboration with Indigenous partners that reinforces Ontario’s commitment to act on the Calls for Justice in the Final Report of the …
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ByJill Croteau Global News There is growing widespread support for two sisters desperate for freedom. The Indigenous women were convicted of second-degree murder and sent to prison almost three decades ago. As Jill Croteau reports, they are getting support from a fellow Canadian who has been wrongfully convicted himself. Read full story here: ‘I just want …
Press Statement OTTAWA, May 18, 2021 – For over 28 years, Indigenous sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance have been imprisoned as a result of wrongful conviction in the murder of Anthony Joseph Dolff. Despite a lack of physical evidence, and the testimony of Jason Keshane stating he was responsible for the murder in 1993, Odelia …
“The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and advocates called for the release of two Keeseekoose women — who were given life sentences for a crime they say they never committed — at a press conference Tuesday morning. In 1994, Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder after the 1993 homicide of a 70-year-old farmer, …